Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born November 27, 1969
Elizabeth Marvel (born November 27, 1969) is an American actress. Her most prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on The District, Solicitor General Heather Dunbar on House of Cards, and President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland. Film roles include Burn After Reading; Synecdoche, New York; True Grit; Lincoln; and The Meyerowitz Stories.
MovieDisclosure Day
2026
as Sister Maura
MovieRun Amok
2026
as Nancy
MovieG20
2025
as Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth
TVPresumed Innocent
2024
as Lorraine Horgan
MovieThe Color Purple
2023
as Miss Millie
TVLove & Death
2023
as Jackie Ponder
TVMrs. Davis
2023
as Celeste Abbott
TVThe Dropout
2022
as Noel Holmes
MovieWith/In Volume 2
2021
as (segment "In the Air")
MovieBeing Dead
2021
as Celice Adkins
MovieAll the Little Things We Kill
2021
as Deb Anderson
MovieNews of the World
2020
as Mrs. Gannett
TVHelstrom
2020
as Victoria Helstrom
MovieSwallow
2020
as Katherine Conrad
MovieDark Waters
2019
as Dr. Karen Frank (voice)
TVUnbelievable
2019
as Judith
MovieNative Son
2019
as Mrs. Dalton
TVManifest
2018
as The Major
MovieThe Land of Steady Habits
2018
as Sophie
MovieThe Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Jean Meyerowitz
MovieEasy Living
2017
as Abby
MovieGifted
2017
as Gloria Davis
TVThe $100,000 Pyramid
2016
as Self
MovieThe Phenom
2016
as June Epland
MovieThe Congressman
2016
as Rae Blanchard
MovieConsumed
2015
as Connie Conway
MovieAloha
2015
as Launch Announcer
MovieA Most Violent Year
2014
as Mrs. Rose
TVFargo
2014
as Constance Heck
TVKing & Maxwell
2013
as Kelly Nelson
TVHouse of Cards
2013
as Heather Dunbar
MovieHyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Missy
MovieLincoln
2012
as Mrs. Jolly
TVElementary
2012
as Cassandra Walker
MovieThe Bourne Legacy
2012
as Dr. Connie Dowd
TVThe Newsroom
2012
as Sharon
TVHomeland
2011
as Elizabeth Keane
TVPerson of Interest
2011
as Alicia Corwin
MovieSomewhere Tonight
2011
as Martha
MovieTrue Grit
2010
as 40-Year-Old Mattie
MovieThe Other Woman
2010
as Pia
MovieHoly Rollers
2010
as Elka Gold
MovieGoldstar, Ohio
2010
as Edie Deyarmin
TVPast Life
2010
as Lynn Sampels
TVWhite Collar
2009
as Dr. Mara Summers
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Lauren Chatham
MovieA Dog Year
2009
as Margo
TVNurse Jackie
2009
as Ginny Flynn
MovieThe Guitar
2008
as Ma Wilder
MovieSynecdoche, New York
2008
as Warehouse Realtor
MovieBurn After Reading
2008
as Sandy Pfarrer
MovieLouisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008
as Louisa May Alcott
MoviePretty Bird
2008
as Tonya Honeycutt
TV30 Rock
2006
as Emily
TVKidnapped
2006
MovieThe Dying Gaul
2005
as Kelli
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sylvia Moon
TVThe District
2000
as Nancy Parras
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Rita Calhoun
TVA Will of their Own
1998
as Diana
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Amy Marshall
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Ms. Grubman
Devoted
as Kay
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
